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Jay, Oklahoma
Jay is a city and county seat of Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 2,448 at the 2010 census, compared to 2,482 at the 2000 census, a decrease of 1.4 percent.〔(MuniNet Guide. Jay, Oklahoma. Retrieved October 27, 2011 )〕 Almost 40% of its residents are Native American, thus Jay is home to numerous Cherokee tribal offices and a health clinic for the Delaware Disctict of the Cherokee Nation.
The city is celebrated as the Huckleberry Capital of the World and has been host to the annual Huckleberry Festival each July 4 weekend for since 1967.〔(Dale Denney, "Jay." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. ) Retrieved July 27, 2012.〕
==History==
Jay was named for Jay Washburn, a nephew of Stand Watie and grandson of an early-day Cherokee missionary.〔Shirk, George H. (1966). ''Oklahoma Place Names'', p. 111. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.〕 The town is the county seat of Delaware County, having won that distinction from Grove, Oklahoma in a special county seat election on December 8, 1908. The 1910–11 Legislature made Grove a County Court Town, and provided for two court terms each year. On June 27, 1911, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma ruled in favor of Jay, and on January 5, 1912, the County Commissioners ordered the records to be moved to Jay.〔[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=DE010 Rose Stauber, "Delaware County," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Retrieved July 18, 2012.[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/D/DE010.html]〕 On May 10, 1913 the courthouse in Jay was burned, destroying most of the county records. The post office was established May 19, 1909.〔Helbock, Richard W. (1987). ''Oklahoma Post Offices'', p. 97. Lake Oswego, Oregon: La Posta Publications.〕 Jay incorporated in 1939.〔
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